I agree Apple probably isn’t switching to RISC-V any time soon. I’m just not buying the story that they looked at it, could have done it, passed on it, and that

I agree Apple probably isn’t switching to RISC-V any time soon. I’m just not buying the story that they looked at it, could have done it, passed on it, and that’s that. Even in 2022 it may not be wise to start a huge RISC-V project yet for a company like Apple. It’s not mature enough. I also agree Apple is not an open friendly company. That’s why I think if they do it then it will likely be loaded with proprietary extensions. So it’s not a matter of simply swapping ISAs, it’s completely rethinking the entire stack. That takes time and expertise. The industry isn’t there yet, not at the scale to support what Apple (and others) would like to do.